advanced 2D module summary (part 2)

Updated storyboard
This photograph shows a clear update to my themes storyboard. This creates a clear understanding with visuals and descriptions of what I want within the tv paint production of my short spider documentary.

 Clips, audio and Video References (YouTube

These web links show where I researched and found the footage I needed to use as rotoscoping reference to quickly sketch out what was needed for the animation's length in the criteria. These were also used within importing sections I needed on tv paint to be pieced together for fitting what's on the storyboard.

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jESKFHRU_Hc (national_geographic_super_spider_fascinating_spider_documentary_youtube)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8v6LD0YOs8 (writing spider making web close up HD)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5E-STh4w4 (gogglebox_season_4_episode_5_10_31_2014_youtube) (last 10 minutes is what I would use in the production)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnCeg-EWio (world_39_s_weirdest_deadly_mating_youtube)
•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK3qXjcxTKI (Homecoming _John powell) mainly used for audio

advcanced 2D module summary (part 1)

Title: The birthing cycle of spiders 
short documentary on the birthing process of spiders and what transpires through the exchange between the female and male spider to when the eggs are encased by the mother.
The though process of this will be done through an animatic with inspiration from found footage to know how this be done within time length, camera angles and style in thew cleaning stage; tv paint in the production stage then edited through adobe after effect and adobe premiere pro within the post production stage.

Initial sketches
These sketches are just to show my small study in spiders around the shape and movement to get a clear idea on what I would be animating when done on tv paint.

Original storyboard
These photos show the original storyboard of this short documentary which had the themes changed slightly to fit the criteria of the module brief. These original titles were 'life cycle of spider' then 'the life of a female spider'. It was finally changed to the title and theme that is shown on top of this post.

Solo innovative project

Drawings and sketches

Jousting match storyboard

solo project rotoscope line test

This is my line test for one of the scenes within the jousting animation for my solo project in the Innovative Animation. The basis of this is done through the technique of rotoscoping footage but to make it different, I'm gonna add my own designing process to it especially mixing this method with others I've planned including silhouette puppets and moving static backgrounds.

Margaret character (profile update)

-Lady Margaret of the Dawn House
-Aged 22
- A spoilt, uncontrollable and insufferable rich young woman. Who has come from a wealthy family that has appeared out of the blue and instantly became well-known at first notice to the people.
-From being spoilt rotten and given anything she wants all her life, her personality directs and drives on the selfish attitude and feelings of being viewed as the most important person in the room. Her self centered, egotistical ways also makes her view that everyone is beneath her.
-She incites fear amongst her followers and admirers through emotionless scrutiny and cruelty. But she hides her darkest notions and true psychopathic personality through a false exterior. This would show that if anyone, her admirers or her servants do something, even the littlest thing in front of her, they would face dire consequences.
-She lacks interest in anyone other than anything to do with herself
-She hates facing other ruthless and calculating competitors with power and always examines her surroundings to point out anyone who would threaten her dynamic of power from rumors, to reliable sources of intel and having the embodiment of suspicion and dread with anyone that has a flicker of mystery or other advantages over her.
-She enjoys wearing the most glamorous, fanciest and most expensive outfits and dresses. She lavices in the most exquisite decor and dining standards of food and drink no matter how expensive it is.
-She prolongs in having the most extravagant gatherings and celebrations in her name with standards suited to her sense of perfection. But she doesn't enjoy when things go wrong whilst these events and needless parties transpire as she snaps in the worst possible way.
-She has a mysterious background that nobody knows anything about but still she is one of the most well-known people in the city from her famous inheritance of fortune.
-She suffers from an extremely rare case of OCD mixed with a spoilt, aggressive attitude in the worst possible manner. E.g. if something was placed in the wrong angle or area, if something was smashed or that her satisfactions aren't met to her standards of perfection, they would face the full melt down of her rage and paranoia to the limit. And she would let everyone know how she felt. This would be through psychological trauma and pyshical abuse upon the victim from intimidation, threats and torture.

-no one can mess or overpower her because people fear the consequences they would face through their actions as Margaret would target those around them.

-Even though she hates and gets paranoid of competitors, she secretly craves a new challenge as prompt from boredom through being spoilt in her childhood without any sense of boundaries or punishments of any kind.

Female villians research (4)

•Harley Quinn (DC Comics batman universe, tv shows, films and comics)

Harley quinn describe in most scenario psychopathic maniac with a fixation and obsession with the notorious joker who acts as his sidekick and devoted girlfriend. 
In the beginning, she was known as Harleen Quinzel. A psychiatric intern at the mental institute Arkham Asylum who had reasons in joining as she wanted to understand the criminal mind and find a reason why her father did what he did for her family through being a con-man. This was through being a model student with additional high grades in college, dedication to being a gymnast and even winning a scholarship at the Gotham city University. But one thing she truly lacked the ability was making friends from using people as test subjects and tricking her way into college. This type of characteristic is how she fell in the clutches of the joker. Whilst in the first year of her internship at the asylum, studying and researching the lunatics, she became fixated and fascinated with one inmate.  
The fixation started by ambitiously volunteering to analyze the joker for three months out of curiosity on how his mind works after pleading to the doctors not to treat him until they can understand him. But it truly began when the joker took pity on her after she was telling stories about her life. This in turn led to him seducing her which made her madly in love with him because this made her think that she has finally found someone that can truly understand her. This led to harleen breaking him out of Arkham and became his sidekick and lover calling herself 'Harley Quinn'. What makes her personality different is that she uses an exterior of hyper-active, playful and witty nature to hide her dark motives and devotion to do anything the joker says.

Over time, the joker and harley's complex relationship became the central scenario of all their schemes and dangerous raids on the Gotham streets against the GCPD and Batman. The love affairs became even more dangerous through joker's abusive and manipulative nature as this made Harley more insane than before. But this didn't bother harley as she would do or be anything to seek joker's approval through unpredictable violence. But in truth she is just another victim to the joker.

http://www.comicvine.com/harley-quinn/4005-1696/
http://arkhamcity.wikia.com/wiki/Harley_Quinn
http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Harley_Quinn

Female villians research (3)

Fish Mooney

(Gotham (2014), recent hit prequel tv series, new character inspired by the themes, characteristics and personalities of popular icons in DC Comics' Batman Universe)

A recent new villain I'm taking interest in is the hot-tempered, notorious and imposing gang boss, mob-stress and henchman Fish mooney who own a nightclub that does shady business for the territory that is owned by her boss Cramine Falcone. She runs the red light district with ease, despite heavy presence of the rival Italian mafia.
 What makes her unique for having a serious role in the criminal empire is through how she can play people to an extent so they can fulfil certain roles for her and makes her charismatic and ruthless leader. She also has a sense of street smarts to survive against dangerous competition aswell as retaining her own reputation in front of her own men that serve her needs.  

At the present moment in the show, her ultimate intentions is to take over the falcone crime family as she views Carmine Falcone weak, old and makes rash decisions when it concerns the whole organization. But also she has had a bitter hatred for the man from a very young age as her mother was a prostitute who served falcone's sexual desires. Another reason she would want to take over is that she was bullied and taken advantage of in her young life but now she grew away from that, toughened up and wants to prove herself and tell the world that she isn't someone to be trifled with. As to this, she would do anything to move to the top of the food chain. From Hiring a girl as a weapon to perfectly infiltrate falcone's home and gain his trust to gain conclusive information that fish can use to take falcone down; even turning his own men against him and bringing them to her fold.
 http://gotham.wikia.com/wiki/Fish_Mooney